Friday's cyber attacks a 'wake-up call' for insurers and public alike

Waves of DDoS attacks shut down swatches of the internet on Friday, prompting the need for the insurance industry to issue standard cyber liability coverage forms.

By Melissa Hillebrand|October 21, 2016 at 12:41 PM

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Waves of online attacks on Domain Name Server (DNS) provider Dyn Inc. blocked access to Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, Reddit, The New York Times and various other sites throughout Friday — an attack that Andrew C. Harris, CEO of brokerage Liberty Insurance Associates in Millstone Township, N.J., calls “overdue.”